overgang

  1. Verb.  (transitive, dialectal) To go beyond; transgress or trespass against.
  2. Verb.  (context, UK) To overrun; overspread; outstrip; outrun.
  3. Verb.  (context, UK) (context, of time) To pass; elapse.
  4. Verb.  (context, UK) To exceed; surpass; excel.
  5. Verb.  (context, UK) To overdose (with medicine); get the better of; master; overpower; oppress; treat with indignity. .
  6. Verb.  (context, UK) To oversee; superintend.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete) A right of way.
  8. Noun.  A going over or across.
  9. Noun.  (context, UK) Oppression.
  10. Noun.  (context, UK) Superintendence.
  11. Noun.  (context, UK) An overseer; superintendent; a director of a band of workmen.
  12. Noun.  (context, UK) A coat of paint or plaster; a washing, scouring, or whitewashing.
  13. Noun.  (context, UK) A harrowing, raking, or scraping.

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